Bag and supporting appliance therefor.



W. H. ROSS.

BAG AND SUPPORTING APPLIANCE THEREFOR.

APPLICATION mm JUNE 15. l9l4.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

INVENTOR, W1 ZZzam 17. 1905.3,

ATTOR NEY.

Enron.

WILLIAM H. ROSS, 0F HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS.

BAG AND SUPPORTING APPLIANCE THEREFOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 15, 1914. Serial No. 845,041.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM H. Ross, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Holyoke, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bags and Supporting Appliances Therefor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved feed bag arrangement for horses and similar animals, whereby the device can be most simply and economically constructed, and also readily adjusted on the animal.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 shows the device as in use. Fig. 2 shows enlarged the support for the cable on the head strap. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the receptacle; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation partly in'section of the receptacle.

As shown in the drawing I provide a receptacle or bag denoted generally by 6, on each side of which is suitably secured one of the extremities 7 and S of the cable 9, whereby the bag will be balanced when supported by these ends of the cable.

For supporting the bag from the head of the animal I provide a head piece, comprising a head strap 10, and a forehead strap 11; and these straps are secured at their extremities by a rivet 12. This rivet does not pin the straps rigidly together, but permits their swinging thereon at their connected ends on each side of the head of the animal, so that they can be adjusted as may be de sired. To support the cable from these straps I provide a sheave member, and this member I preferably swivel on the rivet 12. To each of these rivets 12, I connect this member that is composed of a grooved wheel or pulley 13, that turns on a pivot 14 mounted in the stirrup or U-shaped frame 15; and this frame turns on a headed shank 16 of an eye member 17. The eye of the sheave is supported by the rivet 12, and preferably intermediate of the strap ends 10 and 11, as shown in Fig. 3. The cable 9 passes from this sheave as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 and this cable at the middle portion is suitably secured to the animal, such as by passing it around the check hook 18. The sheave 13 and its stirrup shaped carrier by being supported on the shank of the eye member 7, h lowe d Of wh ch i p et and forms a supporting shoulder under the back or uniting portion of the holder, is capable of a swiveling movement on a vertical axis; and the eye member engaging the rivet 12 is capable of a rocking movement on a horizontal axis whereby the utmost freedom and ease of movement of the cable is permissible, conducing to ease of action by the horse in carrying his jaws into the bag and in the withdrawing action. The receptacle 6 is thus supported in position a short distance Patented Dec.5,1916.

below the mouth of the animal, and by lowering of the head of the animal the bag will be elevated to bring the mouth down toward the bottom of the bag in the usual manner. And upon movement of the head of the animal the bag will obviously be lowered therefrom.

It will be seen that such a device is of very simple construction and operation; and that it will readily adapt itself to proper position, the straps being adjustable to fit on the head of the animal, and the sheaves will assume the proper position for easy operation.

By having each rivet 12 serve the double purpose of connecting the strap ends and forming the means of supporting connection on the head piece of the eye member of the sheave swivel, the device is materially simplified and cheapened.

The bag or receptacle as set forth comprises a bottom member 20, that is preferably formed of a. wooden plate, of elongated rectangular form, with the corners slightly rounded off. The side member of the bag is preferably constructed of a suitable fabric, such as canvas of heavy texture. This side is formed of a strip with the ends secured together as indicated at 21, and the lower edges of the side member are doubled outwardly upon themselves, as indicated at 22. This double portion is secured to the edges of the bottom member 20 by suitable means such as nails 23. By this arrangement a very strong and simple receptacle or feed bag is provided, that will be very durable for the purpose desired, yet will be light weight.

What I claim as my invention is In a device of the character described, in combination, a feed bag, a looped cable having its ends secured to the bag at opposite sides thereof, a head strap, and a forehead strap the ends of which are adjoined to the head strap, and rivets movably connecting =connecting rivet, and a depending shank loosely passed through a perforation therefor in the back or unitlng portlon of the can rylng frame, and having lts end below such 10 uniting portion upset to constitute a shoulder for sustaining said carrying frame, intermediate portions of the cable having running engagements around the sheaves.

Signed by me at Holyoke, Mass. in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WVILLIAM H. ROSS.

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